yeast

Hi, I made a starter 4 days ago using White Labs WLP590 French Saison Ale Yeast, let it do its thing for just over 24 hours and then put it in the fridge for about 3 days to let it cold crash. The first thing I thought was strange is that the yeast wasn't really flocculating out like I had...

Thought I'd try a Bure Gold kit in my new Fermzilla, mainly so that I could get the hang of pressure fermenting and oxygen-free dry hop / transfers with this vessel before introducing more variables in the shape of one my own recipes. The kit recommended adding the included hops on day 4, but my...

Hi Everyone, After a few years of wanting to try out home brewing I have finally got around to it and am currently dry hopping my first brew, the Cloud 9 IPA all grain kit from The Malt Miller. I’ve gone down the all-in-one route with a Brew Monk 30l system. I’ve found the advice available on...

Greetings, This is my first beer kit brewing. I started the yeast with sugar, it was active, trying to escape from the jar.. I added the yeast to the wort over 8 hours ago. There has not been any activity in the fermentor?? The water in the air trap has not been displaced or bubbled. Should...

Hi all, I am going to be making an elderflower sparkling wine and some Turbo Ciders this week, I do not have any yeast nutrient in though, I can’t get to a Wilko/boyes due to being stuck at home and I can’t find any online where delivery isn’t about a fiver! Is there anything else I can use...

Hey Guys! Yeast We now have 3 types of the Safale Yeast available for purchase! Because of the current circumstances, I would say to expect it Wednesday next week if you order today. Really competitive prices! We do charge delivery but if you double up on something else it isn't a bad deal! :)...

Last fall I propagated Rochefort yeast from a bottle of Rochefort 8. I actually did this also in 2017 with Westmalle yeast and in 2018 with St.-Bernardus yeast, but I documented it better with the Rochefort yeast. The reason I show it here is don't have a stirplate (might come, I discovered I...

Anyone here familiar with using agar plates and cultivating wild yeasts? I’ve attached some photos of three semi successful agar plates (my first attempt) using a wild yeast starter from my back garden on the northern outskirts of Glasgow. Now I’ve tried searching online as to how to ID decent...

Hi guys! I had a go at brewing ginger beer today, I followed the recipe but added some extra sugar to make it stronger. It's been over 3 hours since adding the yeast, stirring and sealing the lid and airlock. I still havent seen any bubbles pass through the airlock, is this normal? Have I...

I'm on my second kit at the moment. I made a Wherry brew earlier this year. It tasted OK but most of the bottles were cloudy even 6 weeks after bottling, and these were a bit yeasty tasting. I read somewhere that using beer finings would get the yeast to settle much more quickly. I have a...

Hi all! I've got a three day weekend ahead of me and want to brew my first beer, I'm a little stuck with a few things mainly being how much ingredients I need, to give some perspective I have a 21 litre stock pot for boiling, 25 litre mash tun and a 20 litre fermenting vessel. How much beer...

hi everyone, I have a helles extract beer kit I’m about to start making, the yeast it comes with work’s best at around 18-20c, but my basement is around 15/16c, does anyone have a recommendation for a yeast that I could use that would be better suited to the ambient temperature? I do have a...

Hello you fine folks you, Has anyone got an idea of the alcohol tolerance of WLP4627 Funktown Pale Ale? I'm thinking of using it for and imperial IPA, but want to make sure it'll handle 8%-10% ABV. I had a quick google and then thought "what's the point of being a member of a forum if I don't...

I am thinking of freezing some yeast in glycerin and the you tube video suggests using yeast slurry, so my question is should I make a two liter starter as i do for each brew and freeze whatever volume of yeast it produces or would I get more yeast from harvesting from slurry any help would be...

Good evening, I am following a wonderful recipe I have used many times to make (alcoholic) ginger beer. It's a quick recipe that produces as much as 5% ABV in a matter of days. The recipe asks for 1/4 teaspoon brewers yeast for 2 litres liquid. This time as well as the usual yeast I also...

I've got some leftover trub saved at home and was planning on making some bread tomorrow. Could I use the trub in place of yeast to make bread? Sounds like it could make some tasty bread to me.

I pitched liquid British Ale II Wyeast 1335 a few days ago (at 19 degrees). Only 2-3 days after I found the packaging in the thrash to check the manufacture date and it was 13 Nov 2018 which could explain why the fermentation had not kicked off. Ordered two packets of dry SafAle S-04 which...

Hello everyone! My name is Chris and I am as green as they come to home brewing. Currently living overseas in a country where I cannot get brewing supplies and my first batch which is a 5 gallon amber ale has had no yeast activity since pitching and I am on day 4. The air lock hasn’t bubbled...

My grandson is an aspiring young scientist doing a transition year project on brewing. I promised I would help him with the research. But despite my best efforts, I have been unable to find an answer to his question "What is the most efficient and effective device/monitor used to identify...

I have bought six dry abbey beer yeasts, but Bulldog's B19 has the least information. Anyone used it already, and what results did you have?